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 educative 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 (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly 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 lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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