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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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