MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
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 several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Chile to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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