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.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally 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 numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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