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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
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
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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