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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners 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 several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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