MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly 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 several
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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