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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
free
for students 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 several
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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