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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students 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 numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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