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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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