MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students 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 quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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