MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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