MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online 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
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental 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 teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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