MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
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
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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