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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured 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 different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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