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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
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
Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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