MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students 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 quite a few
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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