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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
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
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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