MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee 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 different business models are being used by
organizations like
Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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