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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily 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 numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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