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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
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
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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