MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
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
e-learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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