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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
almost always 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 a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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