MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily 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 quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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