MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
e-learning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always 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
are having to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education.
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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