MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly 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.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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