MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
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 a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Michigan to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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