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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
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 numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
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
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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