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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
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 business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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