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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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