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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
usually 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 several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Serbia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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