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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
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
blended learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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