MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massively open online courses are
usually 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
topics that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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