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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified 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 strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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