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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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