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.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically 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 many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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