MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily 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 several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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