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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These online 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 a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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