MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students 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.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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