MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online education enable
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
normally 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 many
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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