MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
People want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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