MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
electronic education technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are considering
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
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
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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