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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These online MOOCs are
normally 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 several
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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