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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors 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 strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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