MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers 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 strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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