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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners 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 quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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