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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students 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 several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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