MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
elearning are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
usually 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 lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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