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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students 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 a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Austria to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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