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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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