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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners 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 several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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