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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses 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
institutions like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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