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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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