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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online education have empowered
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Greece to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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