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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
certify 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 different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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