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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always 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
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
People want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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