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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners 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 several
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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