MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
elearning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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