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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online education have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
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 several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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