MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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 is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students 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
topics that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Brunei to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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