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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly 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.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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