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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
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 quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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