MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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