MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
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
organizations like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|