MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
generally 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 many
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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