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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
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
organizations like
Italy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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