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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly 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 numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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