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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
elearning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly 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 quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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