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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally 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 several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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