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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners 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 a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Albania to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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