MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
learning technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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