MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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