MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
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
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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