MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
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
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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