MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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