MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically 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 a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Navassa Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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