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
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
online education are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are
usually 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 variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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