MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning have enabled
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
commonly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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