MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
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
iversity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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