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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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