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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education enable
learners
all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
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
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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