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.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified 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
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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