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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
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
organizations like
Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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