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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning have enabled
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
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 a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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