MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
free
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 several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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