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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online education are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
normally 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
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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