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.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students 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 many
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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