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.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly 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
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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