MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
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 several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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