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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online education have made it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
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 quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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