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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
These massive 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 several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Nigeria to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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