MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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