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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Argentina to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
key 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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