MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
typically 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
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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