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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
elearning have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
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 different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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