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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators 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 different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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