MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners 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 many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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