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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always 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
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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