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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
mostly 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 quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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