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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
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 variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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