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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
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
organizations like
Mayotte to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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