MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually 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
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Austria to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Students want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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