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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
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
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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