MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically 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 numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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