MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
elearning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
normally 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
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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