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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These 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 several
subjects that
online education institutions
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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