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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
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
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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