MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students 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
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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