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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online learning have empowered
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students 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 a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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