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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
online education technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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 lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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