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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always 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 a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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