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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
electronic education technology enable
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs 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
topics that
learning technology institutions
are considering
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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