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.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online learning make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
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
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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