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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
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
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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