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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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