MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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