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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
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
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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