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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
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 numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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