MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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