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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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