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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
elearning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
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
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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