MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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