MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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