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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students 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 several
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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