MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
e-learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students 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
topics that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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