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 is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
usually 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 numerous
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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