MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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 is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
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
Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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