MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors 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
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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