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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online learning have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally 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 quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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