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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning have enabled
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for students 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 many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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