MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
typically 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 many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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