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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
typically 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 quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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