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.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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