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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
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 quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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