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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching 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 MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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