MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
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 quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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