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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
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 education organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Baker Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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