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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
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
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
