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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
elearning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified 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
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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