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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
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 online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified 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 strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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