MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students 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 a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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