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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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