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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
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 several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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