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.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
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
institutions like
Madagascar to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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