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.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
learning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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