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.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology enable
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
customarily 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 quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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