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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
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 variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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