MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
e-learning enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach 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
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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