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 is a
book
that
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly 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.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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