MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
elearning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
commonly 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 numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Italy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also researches the
major 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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