MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
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
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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