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.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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