MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
online education technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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