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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
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 institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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