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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly 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
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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