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.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure 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 different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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