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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students 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 a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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