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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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 several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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