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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
online learning have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching 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
Australia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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