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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
generally 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 variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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