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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
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
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
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
Norway to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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