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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
typically 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 many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Reunion to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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