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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
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 lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mali to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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