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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners 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 a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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