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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
digital education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
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 business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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