MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
usually 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 numerous
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malta to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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