MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
normally free
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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Syria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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