MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online education have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
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
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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