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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online education have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students 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
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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