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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always 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 several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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