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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
online education technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always 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
are considering
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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