MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
guarantee that
educators 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 strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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