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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are considering
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
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 strategies are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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