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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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