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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
commonly 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 numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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