MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
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
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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