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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach 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
University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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