MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
most important 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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