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.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly 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 numerous
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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