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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily 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 quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Andorra to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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