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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners 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
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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