MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified 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 business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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