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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
generally 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 quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Poland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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