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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Namibia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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