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 is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
elearning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always 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 numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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