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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily 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.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vatican City to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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