MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
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
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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