MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
mostly 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 a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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