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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners 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 a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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