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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
learning technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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