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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
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
distance learning institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
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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