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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
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 a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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