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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
elearning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Brazil to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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