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.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily 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 a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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