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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily 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 many
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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