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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive 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 numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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