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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners 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 numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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