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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
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 a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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