MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners 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 variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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