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.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online 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 several
topics that
elearning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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