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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
elearning have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
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
organizations like
Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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