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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
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
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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