MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
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 quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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