MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators 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 different business models are being used by
organizations like
Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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