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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified 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
Angola to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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