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.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
e-learning have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
almost always 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 lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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