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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
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
institutions like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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