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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
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
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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