MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online education are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 several
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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