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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
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.
These massive online courses are
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
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mali to conduct these MOOCs?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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