MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers 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 different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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