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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly 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 a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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