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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners 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 a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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