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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily 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 quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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