MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
customarily 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 quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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