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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
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
University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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