MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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 is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC courses are
generally free
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 quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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