MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
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 many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|