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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students 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 a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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