MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
almost always 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 several
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Macedonia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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