MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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