MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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