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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
learning technology enable
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly 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 a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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