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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach 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
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
People want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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