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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students 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 several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Austria to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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