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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
digital education technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
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 a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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