MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
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 a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Greenland to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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