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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify 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 different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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