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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
blended learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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