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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers 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 different business models are being used by
organizations like
Vatican City to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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