MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
generally free
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 lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are considering
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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