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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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