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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers 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 different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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