MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified 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 different business models are being used by
institutions like
Faroe Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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