MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
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
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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