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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily 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 a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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