MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
online learning are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners 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 many
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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