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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
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 quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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