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.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners 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 quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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