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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
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 quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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