MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually 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 several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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