MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part 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.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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