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 is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 many
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Grenada to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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