MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
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 innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
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