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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes 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
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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