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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners 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 a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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