MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators 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 business models are being used by
organizations like
North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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