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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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