MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
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
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Reddit to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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