MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
online education have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
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
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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