MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily 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 a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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