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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
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
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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