MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These MOOCs are
generally 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
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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