MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students 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
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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