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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always 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
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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