MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
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 numerous
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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