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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
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 variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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