MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
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 Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education enable
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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