MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
mostly 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 several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
key 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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