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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students 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
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Niger to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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