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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses 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 numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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