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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers 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 models are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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