MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
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 quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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