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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners 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 a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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