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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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 lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Albania to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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