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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning enable
humans
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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