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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online education are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open 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 numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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