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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers 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 different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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