MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
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
institutions like
Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
People want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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