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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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