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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
instructors 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 business models are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
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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