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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
usually 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
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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