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
which
describes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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