MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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 is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily 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
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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