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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly 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 a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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