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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students 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
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major 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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