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
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
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
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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