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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
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
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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