MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
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
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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