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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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