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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
normally 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 many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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