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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily 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 several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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