MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
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
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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