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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online education are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners 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 quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are considering
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major 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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