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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
online education enable
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students 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 many
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also studies 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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