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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always 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 many
topics that
online education institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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