MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
book
that
articulates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
commonly 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 lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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