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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
elearning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always 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 several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key 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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