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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
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
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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