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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified 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 business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also talks about the
key 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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