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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly 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 several
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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