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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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