MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
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 numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pakistan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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