MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
typically 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 many
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Samoa to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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