MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online education have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
commonly 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
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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