MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
almost always 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 several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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