MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
e-learning are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
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
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|