MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Bhutan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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