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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
mostly 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.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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