MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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