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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
free
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 numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Tajikistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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