MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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