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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students 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 several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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