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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online education technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These MOOCs are
customarily 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 variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
desire
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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