MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
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
The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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