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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
normally 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 several
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Spain to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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