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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
online learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
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 numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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