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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning enable
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
normally 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 numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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