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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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