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.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC classes are
usually 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 several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major 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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