MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
typically 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
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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