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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online education are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students 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 quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are considering
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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