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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning make it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
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
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
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
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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