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.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
elearning have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
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 a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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