MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
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
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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