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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
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
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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