MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students 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 many
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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