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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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