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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners 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 several
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Malta to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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