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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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