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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes 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 MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
educators 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 strategies are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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