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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners 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
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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