MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
electronic education technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always 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 numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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