MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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