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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning technology have empowered
learners
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
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 many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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