MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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