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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always 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 numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with 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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