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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students 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
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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