MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners 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 variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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