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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified 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
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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