MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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