MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
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
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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