MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
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
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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