MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners 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 several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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