MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
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
Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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