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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
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
institutions like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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