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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
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 a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with 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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