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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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