MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
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
institutions like
Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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