MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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