MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners 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 several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Japan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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