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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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