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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors 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 different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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