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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students 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 several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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