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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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