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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning are enabling
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
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 strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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