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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
elearning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
People want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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