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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive 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 many
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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