MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
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 different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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