MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning are enabling
learners
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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