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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
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 many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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