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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
digital education technology enable
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
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 many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Madagascar to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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