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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
generally 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 many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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