MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
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 numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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