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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually 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 quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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