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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally 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 a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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