MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online education technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners 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 a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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