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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students 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.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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