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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
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