MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always 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 quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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