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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
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
organizations like
Libya to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
key 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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