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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education have empowered
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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