MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
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
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
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 quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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