MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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