MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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