MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly 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 a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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