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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
elearning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Angola to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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