MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily 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 a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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