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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners 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 a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tunisia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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