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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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