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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
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
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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