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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
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
institutions like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
People want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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