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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
learning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
normally free
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.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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