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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors 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
institutions like
France to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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