MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology enable
students
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
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
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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