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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always 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 lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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