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.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
