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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily 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 several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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