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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
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
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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