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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online education make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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