MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
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
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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