MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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