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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
almost always 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 a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
India to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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