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 Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly 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 a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are considering
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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