MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
blended learning have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
free
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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Azerbaijan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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