MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
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 a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also articulates 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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