MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses 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
Peru to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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