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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
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
Malta to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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