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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 several
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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