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
that
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
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 many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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