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.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners 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 numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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