MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes 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
organizations like
Aland to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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