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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
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 strategies are being used by
organizations like
Baker Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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