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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
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 many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Chad to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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