MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily 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 several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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