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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education are empowering
students
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
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
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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