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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
digital education technology enable
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 many
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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