MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning are enabling
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses 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 a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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