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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
for students 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 a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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