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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
typically 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 several
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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