MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
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
Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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