MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners 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 numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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