MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
usually 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 numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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