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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
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
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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