MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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