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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
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
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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