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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
e-learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners 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 numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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