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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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