MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
learning technology are empowering
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically 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 quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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