MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
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
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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