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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
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 technology institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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