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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers 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 strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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