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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly 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 many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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