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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
free
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.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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