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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
learning technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
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
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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