MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily 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 several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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