MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs 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 a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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