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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Benin to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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