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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
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
British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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