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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers 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 strategies are being used by
organizations like
Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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