MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
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 many
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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