MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
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
elearning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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