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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burundi to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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