MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Baker Island to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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