MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students 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 many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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