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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online learning make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
generally 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 a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are considering
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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