MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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