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 is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
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 many
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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