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
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators 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 strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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