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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily 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.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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