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.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
elearning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
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 quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Aland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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