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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Chile to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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