MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
mostly 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 several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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