MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online learning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
free
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
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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