MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
almost always 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 quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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