MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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