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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
e-learning make it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
usually free
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 numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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