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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
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 quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Togo to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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