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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes 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
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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