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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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