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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
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
Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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