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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always 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 a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key 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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