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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
typically 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 a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Argentina to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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