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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively 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 models are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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