MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students 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 quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Philippines to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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