MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massively open online courses are
mostly 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
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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