MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
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
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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