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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically 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 a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
are considering
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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