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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
customarily 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 a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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