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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
almost always 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 quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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