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.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly 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.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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