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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
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
Armenia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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