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.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are considering
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured 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 business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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