MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly 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 numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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