MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers 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 strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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