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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
e-learning are empowering
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
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 variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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