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.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
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
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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