MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
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 strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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