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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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