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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOC courses are
almost always 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 variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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