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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
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 many
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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