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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
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
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
today because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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