MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners 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
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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