MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students 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 a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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