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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
typically 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 quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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