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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
blended learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally 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 quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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