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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
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
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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