MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education technology have enabled
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students 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 a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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