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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
e-learning are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
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
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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