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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
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
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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