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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily 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 many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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