MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
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
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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