MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always 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 several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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