MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners 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 many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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