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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These online MOOCs 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 quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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