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.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
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
Aruba to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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