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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly 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 a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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