MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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