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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
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 quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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