MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
elearning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
major 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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