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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
almost always 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
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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