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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students 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
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Bhutan to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|