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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
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 numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eritrea to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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