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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
online learning technology are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly 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 numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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