MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
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.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
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
institutions like
openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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