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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily 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 several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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