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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
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
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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