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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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