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.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
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
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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