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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners 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 several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|