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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
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
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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