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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
elearning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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