MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
educators 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 business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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