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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers 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 strategies are being used by
organizations like
WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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