MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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