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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
almost always 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 a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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