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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators 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 business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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