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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
free
for learners 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 quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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