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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students 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 quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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