MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
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 a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Elidaemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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