MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
humans
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
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
subjects that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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