MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
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
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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