MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
e-learning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach 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
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major 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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