MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always 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
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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