MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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
that
studies
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
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
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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