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 is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ball State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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