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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education technology enable
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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