MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
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 a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|