MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
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 quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are considering
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Austria to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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