MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
MOOCs are
commonly 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 a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Anguilla to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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