MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
technology-enhanced learning enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students 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.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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