MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators 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 different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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